Variation of soil physical properties and moisture content along toposequences in the arid to semiarid area

Arid Land Research and Management

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 81-97

  Ziadat, Feras M ^a,b   Taimeh, Awni Y ^a   Hattar, Butros I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH IN THE DRY AREAS ICARDA   (Syrian Arab Republic)

Author keywords

Erosion; Hillslope; Land use; Soil erodibility; Topography; Transitional climate

Indexed keywords

ARABLE LAND; HILLSLOPE; LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND USE; MEDITERRANEAN SOIL; MOISTURE CONTENT; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOIL EROSION; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL PROFILE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TOPOGRAPHY; TOPOSEQUENCE; WATER RESOURCE;

JORDAN;

EID: 77950971799     PISSN: 15324982     EISSN: 15324990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15324981003635396     Document Type: Article

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